Associate Manager

Category:

Manufacturing

Associate Manager – Chemical Team

Quality Control
Kalundborg, Denmark

Join a management team that’s passionate about creating a workplace where people enjoy coming to work, deliver with pride, and tackle challenges with a “we’ve got this” mindset. We believe great results come from LEAN leadership, strong team spirit, and embracing each other’s strengths and differences.

Your new role

As Associate Manager for Chemical Team 2 within Quality Control (QC), you’ll lead 12 dedicated employees (Laboratory Technicians and Process Scientists) responsible for chemical analyses of samples. You’ll play a pivotal role in developing your team, driving continuous performance improvements, and delivering exceptional results.

Collaboration is central to this role. You’ll work closely with stakeholders in Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) production, oversee resource prioritization, and coordinate with another team performing chemical analyses under the leadership of a fellow Associate Manager. Together, you’ll ensure smooth shared operations across the two teams.

Day-to-day your tasks will include:
- Setting objectives and strategic targets for your team.
- Delivering on daily operational targets.
- Overseeing and managing day-to-day operations and long-term planning of resources and processes.
- Securing quality and compliance of products and processes.
- Driving team achievements with a LEAN leadership approach.
- Ensuring team robustness and well-being while meeting deadlines and stakeholder expectations.

Your new department

The department is home to approximately 70 skilled employees working across four teams. Together, we handle operational analyses for factories we support and collaborate closely with production areas and other laboratories across Kalundborg.

Your skills & qualifications

We’re looking for an Associate Manager who thrives in dynamic environments and enjoys taking the initiative to explore innovative approaches. You’ll bring with you:
- A degree in Engineering, Biotechnology, or equivalent.
- Min.2 years of leadership experience with strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
- A LEAN mindset and a passion for challenging the status quo.
- Ability to innovate, take new initiatives, and act as a role model to your team.
- An admirable sense of adaptability to frequent agenda changes.

Preferably, you also have:
- Experience with GMP-regulated production and knowledge of QC.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years, this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind

More information

You are welcome to contact Director Zina Alshatrawi at +45 30791256 if you have questions about the role. Be advised Zina will not support queries about your recruitment status.

Deadline

23 July 2025

Novo Nordisk is not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.